Legal and political rights enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country.
100
landmark case in Texas education; redistributed property taxes in poorer school districts
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
100
This law outlawed racial, religious, and sexual discrimination by employers.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
Gave "I have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
What activist caused controversy when she refused to give up her seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
200
The Civil Rights Movement is most closely identified by what time period?
50s-60s
200
Guaranteed freedom of expression in schools
Tinker v. De Moines
200
This Amendment expanded citizenship to all who were born in the US and gave them equal protection of their Civil Rights
14th Amendment
200
The LULAC group represented what group of people?
Mexican Americans
200
Where did the governor call out the National Guard to prevent black students from integrating into a white school?
Arkansas
300
What two approaches did people take to gaining Civil Rights?
Nonviolent and militant
300
challenged racial segregation in California schools
Mendez v. Westminster
300
Gave black people the right to vote
15th Amendment
300
Pro-segregation Alabama governor
George Wallace
300
Black supreme court justice who supported the rights of Americans without voices
Thurgood Marshall
400
What two documents guarantee civil rights to citizens of the United States?
Constitution and Declaration of Independence
400
DAILY DOUBLE
What 1890s court case ruled that "separate but equal" was consititutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Extended right to vote to women
19th Amendment
400
Cesar Chavez was a Civil Rights leader who fought for the rights of ___________ workers
migrant
400
Who formed the group National Organization of Women?
Betty Friedan
500
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
a time when many significant individuals, landmark court cases, legislation, and political organizations worked together to secure equal rights for all citizens of the US.
500
overturned segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
500
This Amendment eliminated poll taxes
24th Amendment
500
What political party made up the majority of the group of Congressmen who worked to block civil rights legislation?
Southern Democrats
500
Name one of the two events that occurred in 21st century that many see as being accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement.
Election of President Obama
Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice